Junaid Farooq
Associate Editor Of IEEE Transactions On Communications
Dearborn, Michigan, United States
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Top SchoolJunaid Farooq is an academic-practitioner blending a decade of experience in resilient networks, cyber risk, and communications research with entrepreneurial drive as Co-Founder and Chief Scientist of SC2 Technologies. He is an Assistant Professor at University of Michigan–Dearborn and serves as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Communications, reflecting both deep technical expertise and peer-recognized leadership in the field. His PhD from NYU and earlier work on resource allocation and energy-aware mobile systems underpin a research portfolio focused on cyber-resilient architectures and third-party risk assessment. At SC2 he translates research into a commercial platform that helps organizations quantify and mitigate vendor cyber exposures, bridging theory and product. Colleagues describe him as a rigorous problem-solver with a wry, candid streak—evident from his compact GitHub bio—who pursues practical impact alongside scholarly rigor.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical Engineering at New York UniversityBachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical Engineering at National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)Master of Science - MS, Electrical Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Electrical Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyA Level, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Business Studies, Thinking Skills, Urdu, 6 As, A Level, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Business Studies, Thinking Skills, Urdu, 6 As at Beaconhouse School System
English, Urdu, Punjabi, Arabic
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Github Skills (200)
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api-server10
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python10
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openstack-swift10
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Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
Reactomaniac/realtimereactpy
Mar 2020 - Sep 2021
Contributions:14 reviews, 14 PRs, 22 pushes in 1 year 6 months
ijunaid8989/eot_project
Apr 2017 - Aug 2018
Contributions:110 PRs, 163 pushes, 105 branches in 1 year 4 months
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